Cecill Jole Quotes & Sayings

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. — Maria Mitchell

When I was growing up, I always knew I'd be in the top of my class in math, and that gave me a lot of self-confidence. — Sergey Brin

The wisdom of literature is quite antithetical to having opinions. 'Nothing is my last word about anything,' said Henry James. Furnishing opinions, even correct opinions - whenever asked - cheapens what novelists and poets do best, which is to sponsor reflectiveness, to pursue complexity. Information will never replace illumination. — Susan Sontag

The world was all mud and wire. The war in the heavens was only a faint imitation of the horror men had learned to make. — Tad Williams

All attempts to destroy democracy by terrorism will fail. It must be business as usual. — Margaret Thatcher

Mooreland is a long way to go to not to be anywhere when you get there. — Haven Kimmel

Grace is the central invitation to life and the final word. It's the beckoning nudge and the overwhelming, undeserved mercy that urges us to change and grow, and then gives us the power to pull it off. — Tim Hansel

THE SEVEN MAJOR NEGATIVE EMOTIONS (To be avoided) The emotion of FEAR The emotion of JEALOUSY The emotion of HATRED The emotion of REVENGE The emotion of GREED The emotion of SUPERSTITION The emotion of ANGER — Napoleon Hill

A little girl lay flung back in her mother's lap as though sleep had struck her with a blow. — Eudora Welty

I hope that you have nothing against malice, my good engineer. In my eyes it is the brightest sword that reason has against the powers of darkness and ugliness. Malice, sir, is the spirit of criticism, and criticism marks the origin of progress and enlightenment. — Thomas Mann

But why? Why don't I want to fight when fight is all I've ever known and loved? I've fought for every inch of joy I've ever known. — Benjamin Alire Saenz

You see that honky McNamara on television? He says, "Yes, we are going to draft thirty percent of the Negroes in the Army. This is where they can have equal opportunity. Yeah. Yes ... it's true that they are only ten percent of the population, but this is a better chance for them." When that honky talk about drafting thirty percent black people, he's talking about black urban removal - nothing else. — Stokely Carmichael